The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-21
Albany Notes.
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wheat is selling for 81 per bushel.
The Oakvil,e picnic has been post
poned till Saturday June T.
d. b. Ahunteith has gone to the Cnur
d. 'Alene mines to invest i'll property
Born.-Wednesday, May 10, to the
wife 70. & G. agent, w. l.. Jester "A son.
Wednes ay June l there will be a
stallion show In Albany, to which all
horseman are invited.
Mr.. +. +. Cayiness and wife have re-
turned to Albany. Mr.. Caviness was
one of the early settlers of this city.
The regular public examination of
school teachers will be held at the court
house, this clty, Wednesday May ..
Charles Muller has gone to Portland,
To purchase machinery for fruit can
merry to be started at once I'm this city.
Mrs Henrietta Brown, Mrs. ]. II.
Townsend and Miss Lib. Irvine have
gone to The Dalles TO attend the w G.
4 u.
O. B. Burd, an eloquent temperance
speaker from California, will lecture ut
the court house in this city on Friday
eve May 27.
The Juvenile band, under the leader
ship of Prof Pierce, Is making rapid
tracts for furnishing music.
Last evening Rev. +. II. Pritchard
was regularly installed rs pastor of the
Presbyterian church. The ceremonies
Were long and quite impressive.
A switch from the o. p. has been
built up to the o. & G. depot and pass
engers will soon be saved the incon-
veince of the long walk between the
two depots.
w. F. Crosby, the wheat buyer, has
returned To San Francisco. While here
he purchased nearly one million bushels
of wheat, nearly all of which was ship
ned by the Yaquina route
I Pendleton boy was sent out Mon
| da. Cor load of wood, an | returned
| We, Hesdiay. 1t would be n saving of
| time # he could get the mail contract
between here and Lebanon.
For several days two of the employ
| ees of the Southern Pacific railroad
i have been in the city taking views of
/ our scenery and collecting statistics of
/ our climate etc, for publication.
Last evening while endeavoring ITO
| beat the record at standing jump, +.
4 +. Nutting, of the De8aocg'ds, threw a
1 weight into one of l.. T.. Blain's large
show windows; result NO record beaten
/ and twelve dollars gone.
Mr.. Dureoop, of Portland, has receiv-
ed the contract and is. now engaged
with force Of men in laying stone
pavement, Shillinger's patent, along
one of the blocks on First street. The
pavement will be l55 feet in length and
Gusts S4.25 per foot.
The O. 4 c. Railroad company has re-
fused the o. =. the privilege of iising its
switch on Front street and will not sell
an interest Under the present state oi
circumstances the only way the o. p
can reach its warehouses on that street
is 10y boat
Friday evening, June Sd, the Albany
Dramatic Company will produce at the
Opera House, for the first time in the
state, the Scholastic society play, Niagra
4 100 yards of new scenery has been paint
ed for the play and an orchestra o
thirteen peices will furnish music.
Yesterday afternoon Dora Davidson
a crippled girl, swcre out warrant ac
cusing her father of assault with
deadly weapon. Davidson WAS arrest
ed and upon examination was discharg
ed. He was re-arrested for simple as
sault to hich he plead guilty and wa
fined s. and costs, amounting 10 $50
He languishes in Jail. REPORTER.